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Committee hears bill to remove 19‑year age requirement for high school diploma fee waivers
Summary
Senate Bill 5,542 would eliminate the requirement that a student be 19 or older to qualify for fee waivers for high school diploma or equivalency courses at community and technical colleges. Sponsors and system officials said the change would broaden access and is expected to be revenue neutral in accounting terms.
Senate Bill 5,542 would remove the statutory requirement that a student be 19 years old to be eligible for a tuition or fee waiver for high school diploma and equivalency coursework at community and technical colleges.
Saranda Ross, counsel to the committee, said the bill narrows the age barrier so that residents younger than 19 who have a substantiated reason for leaving high school could receive the same…
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